Efficacy of TEAS on Postoperative Pain and Recovery in Patients Undergoing Pancreatectomy

Sichuan University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Pancreatic Cancer

Treatments: Device: sham transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation; Device: transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06541561

2024HX0803

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to access the effect of transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation on postoperative pain in patients undergoing pancreatectomy

Full description

Patients who meet the enrollment criteria will be randomized 1:1 to either the transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) or the sham groups. In the TEAS group, the acupoints are bilateral neiguan (PC6) and Zusanli (ST 36) acupoints. Patients will receive TEAS 30min before anesthesia until being discharged from the postanaesthesia care unit (PACU). The same treatment for 30 min will be performed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days after surgery. The stimulation intensity will be adjusted in accordance with the maximal level tolerated by each patient.

Patients in the sham group will receive electrode attachment but without stimulation.

Enrollment: 132 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age 18-80 years old; ASA physical status class I - III; Patients scheduled for pancreatectomy.

Exclusion criteria

Have a history of epilepsy; Rash or local infection over the acupoint stimulation skin area; Pregnancy or breastfeeding; Mental retardation, psychiatric, or neurological disease; Inability to comprehend the numeric rating scale (NRS); Implantation of a cardiac pacemaker, cardioverter, or defibrillator; Chronic opioid use; Metastases in other organs; Have a history of Transcutaneous Electrical Acupuncture Stimulation (TEAS) or electroacupuncture treatment in the past or recently；

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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132 participants in 2 patient groups

TEAS group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients who meet the enrollment criteria will be randomized 1:1 to either the transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) or the sham groups. In the TEAS group, the acupoints are bilateral neiguan (PC6) and Zusanli(ST 36) acupoints. Patients will receive 30min TEAS before anesthesia until be discharged from the post anaesthesia care unit (PACU). The same treatment for 30 min will be performed on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd days after surgery. The stimulation intensity will be adjusted in accordance with the maximal level tolerated by each patient.

Treatment:

Device: transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation

sham group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Patients in the sham group will receive electrode attachment but without stimulation.

Treatment:

Device: sham transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation